JLPT N3 · Noun

国会 (kokkai)

国会 (こっかい, kokkai) is a Japanese noun meaning “National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こっかい
Romaji: kokkai
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-) · noun
Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947) · noun · hist, abbreviation
legislative assembly; parliament; congress · noun

Example sentences

火曜日に国会が開かれる。

The Diet will meet on Tuesday.

Tatoeba #186646

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 国会

countryコク・くに · 8 strokes

meeting, meet, partyカイ・エ・あ.う・あ.わせる · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 国会.

国くにcountry外国がいこくforeign country外国人がいこくじんforeigner国際こくさいinternational国語こくごnational language国籍こくせきnationality国民こくみんpeople (of a country)国家こっかstate国境こっきょうborder (between countries)全国ぜんこくthe whole country国王こくおうking国立こくりつnational国産こくさんdomestically produced国防こくぼうnational defence

Source: JMdict entry 1286240 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.